Catfished
I recently allowed myself to play along with a catfisher, just to see what it it's like and to understand how many people fall for their schemes. Surely be that stupid to fall for these schemes, I thought. So, I played along, just to see if it would be that easy for them to trap you. Here's my story: I use a few different social media platforms, Facebook, Instagram, and the lesser-known, but less restrictive MeWe (I will talk about why I like MeWe so much in another blog someday). Any one of those could attract a catfisher, but this particular time it was on MeWe. Just a point of clarification, this wasn't the first time someone tried to catfish me, it was just the first time I decided to pretend I bought into it and take it as far as I could. I decided I would play along, just to see where it led, and how long it would take for the individual to A) confess his undying love, and/or his desperate need for me to help him and B) ask for money in any form. It didn'